tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769368385010827831.post8993398008039489366..comments2024-03-17T15:48:19.083-05:00Comments on Cloud Champ: Microsoft's Azure SkyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545919165268812543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769368385010827831.post-13707236705868640862008-11-16T22:58:00.000-05:002008-11-16T22:58:00.000-05:00Wade, thank you for the comment and for the sugges...Wade, thank you for the comment and for the suggestions. I certainly can see other parallels and I am not saying that a Windows 2003 AMI is equal to all of what Microsoft has to offer with Azure. I do wish that their tools did not require the Windows platform on the development side. It would be much simpler for those of us on Linux and Mac OSX to try it out without having to run VMWare or Parallels all of the time. I understand the need the the Microsoft Cloud to run on that platform server side, but all the tools seem to be locked to Windows as well. At any rate, I have spent some time with the services, although I have to say in all fairness that I have done more development on AWS and Google's AppEngine platform. I am not convinced that Microsoft has made it easy enough yet. Thanks for the post again. If you have something you would like for me to take a look at specifically, I would welcome the opportunity. I will continue to dabble!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545919165268812543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769368385010827831.post-2258760897466728202008-11-16T18:06:00.000-05:002008-11-16T18:06:00.000-05:00If the only parallel you can draw to Azure is Amaz...If the only parallel you can draw to Azure is Amazon's hosting of Server 2003, then I'd suggest you really don't understand Azure. Spend a little more time taking a look at the capabilities of Windows Azure, the .NET Developer Services, and SQL Data Services - very different from the Amazon offerings.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I have to admit that I too find the naming a bit humorous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690925234791764044noreply@blogger.com